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BLOTTING PAD, RULER, AND PAPER GUTTER. No. 337,651. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

GEORGE DANIEL BARR, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BLOTTlNG-PAD, RULER, AND PAPER-CUTTER.

S PECIF'IGA'.IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,651, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed J auuury 19, 1886. Serial No. 189,063.

Z'o @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be itknown that l, GEORGE DANIEL BARE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county ot' Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Blotting-Pads, Rulers, and Paper-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

1o This invention relates to certain improvements in blotting-pads, which will be hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure I is a top view of a blotting-pad, papercutter, and ruler combined, having the irnprovement attached thereto. Fig. II is atransverse section on line w x of Fig. I. Fig. lll

is a top View of an improved detachable handle. Fig. IVisavertical section ot' Fig. III on y y. Fig. V is a longitudinal section on z z ot' Fig. I. I

A represents a piece of sheet metal of the proper dimensions to form a blotting-pad underneath, one edge thereof being adapted fo r a ruler and the other edge for a paper-cutter. To strengthen this piece of thin metal the ridges a a are struck up on the two edges.

B B. Ste., are four clips, which are partially cut out lfrom theplate, near each corner thereof, leaving a part, b, attached to the plate. These clipsB are slightly bent upward, as seen in the sections, Figs. Il and V.

C Care bands of elastic material, either dat or round. Very pliable wire may be substituted, or fine twine or tape can be used. D is the sheet of blotting-paper.

To apply this improvement I proceed as fol- 40 lows: I take the sheet'of blotting-paper which (No model.)

has been cut to the proper dimensions and cut off the four corners, so that when the ends d d are folded over on the back of the metal plate A they will fall between the clips B B. The plate A is placed on top of the sheet of paper I), and the ends d d are to be folded over onto the back of plate A, as shown in Fig. I. The bands C C are then looped over the clipsBBat each end of the plate A. The tension of these bands will hold the ends of the paper D firmly in place.

To hold this pad a handle is necessary. Heretofore in blotting-pads the handles were fast cned permanentlyto the plate. For purposes of transportation these handles occupy much room, to obviate which I make two curved slits, c c, in .the middle ol' the plate A, andthe anges c c cut out by these slits are turned up ashort distance torform agroovelbrasliding plate, A', to which is attached a handle, b. This plate A' can be slid into the groove between cf c', or removed to pack the plates from the manul'actory to market. lt is obvious that there will be a great saving of space by this arrangement. 1 65 I Claim- In a combined blotting-pad, ruler, and papercutter, the combination ot' the clips B B, near the end of plate A. elastic lbands C C stretched over the clips B B, and bloltingpa- 7o per D, substantially as and for the purpose described. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature vvin presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE DANIEL BARR.

Witnesses:

CHAs. A. MERRICE, J. B. MILLER. 

